What Does A Sound Engineer Want In A Piano? w/ Frank Wolf
You must have tuned a piano for a recording at least once in your life. If not, you might wish to tune for a recording studio at some point…
Our Radio Hour guest in this episode, Frank Wolf, a highly-acclaimed sound engineer, shares his opinions on what makes a piano perfect for recording right down to the intricacies of recording within different genres.
The live audience from Piano Tech Radio Hour this session jumps in with their experience on tuning for recordings as well. We’re reminded that touching the mic is a big no-no, we even hear of Elton John’s own tricks to recording the best sound, and so much more.
Tune into this episode to learn about all the ins and outs of how a piano should sound during recording. Listen to different recordings by Frank and listen to the magical vibes of the pianos used in them.
Here’s a little bit about our guest Frank Wolf:
Our Radio Hour guest in this episode, Frank Wolf, a highly-acclaimed sound engineer, shares his opinions on what makes a piano perfect for recording right down to the intricacies of recording within different genres.
The live audience from Piano Tech Radio Hour this session jumps in with their experience on tuning for recordings as well. We’re reminded that touching the mic is a big no-no, we even hear of Elton John’s own tricks to recording the best sound, and so much more.
Tune into this episode to learn about all the ins and outs of how a piano should sound during recording. Listen to different recordings by Frank and listen to the magical vibes of the pianos used in them.
Here’s a little bit about our guest Frank Wolf:
Frank Wolf has worked as a sound engineer on several top shows and movies. He was the scoring mixer for movies like Rambo: The Last Blood, The Mummy, Charlie’s Angels, and Looney Tunes and worked on soundtracks of Mulan, Tangled, Monsters, Inc, and many more.
He graduated from the Los Angeles Recording and Film School as a Sound/Recording Engineer and worked with top-tier production houses like Monterrey Productions, DreaMusiCinema, and more.
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Creators and Guests
Host
David Andersen
David Andersen, owner of David Andersen pianos in Los Angeles has been a professional musician, recording artist, and piano technician/consultant for nearly four decades. He has overseen the restoration and maintenance of hundreds of Steinway and Mason & Hamlin pianos during that time. Beginning in 1975 he apprenticed for two and a half years under Jack Cofer in Atlanta, Georgia; during the 1980s he studied at Steinway facilities both in New York and London.
Host
Eathan Janney
Eathan has 20 years of experience as a piano technician. He studied with Dave Miller, the staff piano technician for the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Dave Carpenter, the inventor of the Verituner electronic tuning device, provided mentorship for Eathan in Chicago. Eathan also worked with Ken Eschete and Bill Schwarts, the staff piano technicians at Northwestern University in Chicago. In 2009, he founded Floating Piano Factory of New York, a company that allows piano technicians to move from Apprentice to Craftsman level while offering value pricing to clients as technicians progress toward mastery. In 2017 he founded Piano Technicians Masterclasses, an online project designed to offer cutting-edge instruction from piano industry masters to anyone on the globe with an internet connection.
Guest
Frank Wolf
Frank Wolf has worked as a sound engineer on several top shows and movies. He was the score mixer for movies like Rambo: The Last Blood, The Mummy, Charlie’s Angels, Looney Tunes and worked on soundtracks of Mulan, Tangled, Monsters, Inc and many more. He graduated from the Los Angeles Recording and Film School as a Sound/Recording Engineer and went on to work with top-tier production houses like Monterrey Productions, DreaMusiCinema and more.